Upon entering the Comitia Centuriata, the lictors would lower the fasces to show that the powers of the consuls derive from the people ( populus romanus ).
42.
In the " Comitia Tributa ", which elected the Curule Aediles, Quaestors and Military Tribunes, citizens were enrolled in regional " tribes ".
43.
Whenever an augur reported that Jupiter had sent down thunder and lightning, no comitia ( a gathering deemed to represent the entire Roman population ) could be held.
44.
The first major change to the office occurred in 487 BC, when the office became an elective magistracy, elected by the " Comitia Curiata ".
45.
The vehicle through which the early Romans expressed their democratic impulses was known as a " committee " ( " comitia " or " assembly " ).
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In the oldest known Roman calendar, the days of the " mundus " are marked as C ( omitiales ) ( days when the Comitia met ).
47.
He was placed in charge of the holding of the Comitia elections, and was granted Cisalpine Gaul as his consular province, while Italy was assigned to both consuls.
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However, between 494 and 449 BC, most of its functions were relegated to the " comitia tributa " and the " comitia centuriata ."
49.
However, between 494 and 449 BC, most of its functions were relegated to the " comitia tributa " and the " comitia centuriata ."
50.
The assembly probably possessed much greater authority before the establishment of the " comitia centuriata ", which gradually assumed many of the curiate assembly's original functions.
